Alden Shoes – 4×4 PTB (LSW)

We are pleased to share with you our most special Leather Soul Exclusive Alden model we have ever had. The 4×4 PTB is a four eyelet plain toe “Nassau” blucher on the Barrie last, in Horween color #4 shell cordovan. Extremely rare and extremely beautiful, color #4 is approximately 1/2 as dark as color #8, which we all know and love.

We feel very fortunate to be allocated this extremely rare, limited production color. A special Mahalo to our friends at Alden Shoe Company for this special gift.

It is disheartening to see you display such beautiful shoes that are not for sale. Others will likely disagree, but I think that if you don’t actually offer the shoes for sale other than for a few insiders, you probably shouldn’t show them. Creates an odd karma.

I understand your disappointment but please understand, we are not primarily an online “e-retailer.” We are a brick and mortar store and this website is really a “blog” intended to show off what we sell in-store. With that being said, we gladly take mail orders but still, please consider this website an Alden/GC/JL/EG/Tricker’s gallery/blog, not a web-checkout store like a Zappo’s.

These shoes were presold to customers with long standing histories with us, most of which have visited one of our stores in person. Some locals visit us weekly. As a retailer we must take care of those who support us consistently.

I am very disappointed in you and your way of doing business. I live in Beverly Hills and have visited your store many times since it recently opened. Brian is a very nice person and I would love to do business with him but unfortunately have not found much in that store that I wanted or thought was worth purchasing. I have a few cleverly bespoke and AC line shoes. Your prices are much to high for what AC is making.

I had heard you were going to do a #4 PTB 2 months ago. I emailed you and called. You told me that you would not be selling them over the website and that since I wore a size 11 most likely there would be a pair for me. Alas there isn’t.

I am glad your business is flourishing during this poor economy, but, how do you expect to attract new business when you continue to reward all your good customers and don’t offer anything to the new ones. Especially ones that want to establish relationships.

I know that there are many of us out there that would love to purchase this recently commissioned shoe. Maybe you will reorder it soon or maybe your competitors will consider doing it.

i just wanted to say tom is one of the best people in the business, yes not everyone is going to get every shoe they want. tom does not hide the fact that sometimes his repeat customers get first crack at the new shoes which imho is fine. tom does not need me to defend him but weather i get the shoes i want tom has always been a stand up guy. keep up the good work.

Since I have been one to post, in frustration, in the past over some pair of great looking pair of shoes that were gone before I knew that they were available, I understand other saying(or posting)what they do. However, I have never doubted for a moment that Tom and his staff were professionals and gentlemen. I have never had a bad experience with them. Remember, they are paying some steep rent for some very nice retail space. If I bought every pair I wanted, I would be very poor. Maybe it’s karma–

Yes, sometimes people forget that we are in fact a brick and mortar store first and foremost. I pay monthly rent enough to buy about 80 pairs of Aldens at retail and also have 6 full time staff and 2 part time staff. Another thing to remember is although I am mostly responsible for the website and many of our mail order customers, my staff have customers of their own that they need to take care of as well. Of course I wish I could appease everybody but some things are just impossible to do.